GWP Launches New Global Strategy: Towards 2020

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) announced the launch of its new 2014-2019 global strategy today.

The strategy, Towards 2020, outlines a new direction for GWP with the goals of catalyzing change, sharing knowledge, and strengthening partnerships for a water secure world. The 2014-2019 Strategy builds on GWP’s previous work and achievements. It was developed through a year-long process of regional dialogues and consultations with GWP’s growing network of over 2,900 Partner Organizations across 172 countries.

Knowledge generation and communication continues to be a central part of GWP’s work with this strategy.

“Knowledge and new tools are needed to support policy development and decision making and enable the effective and sustainable management of water resources,” says Dr Mohamed Ait-Kadi, GWP Technical Committee Chair. “Knowledge can stimulate behaviouralchange towards a new ‘water culture’. “

New to this strategy is a thematic approach in six key areas of development – climate change, transboundary cooperation, food, urbanisation, energy, and ecosystems.

“Integrated water management is fundamental to all of these areas of the global development agenda. Our new thematic approach will ensure the crucial link to water security is made across these thematic focus areas for meeting sustainable development goals,” explains GWP Executive Secretary Dr Ania Grobicki.

The global launch of the strategy is taking place at the Official United Nations World Water Day celebrations taking place today in Tokyo, Japan.